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单词 ruction
释义

ructionn.

Brit. /ˈrʌkʃn/, U.S. /ˈrəkʃən/
Forms: 1800s 'ruction, 1800s ruxtion, 1800s– ruction, 1900s– ruckshun (humorously).
Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: insurrection n.
Etymology: Apparently representing an Irish English pronunciation of a shortening of insurrection n. (earliest in form 'ruction; compare quots. 1809 at sense 1 and 1831 at sense 1). Compare slightly earlier rook n.3
1. Originally Irish English (now colloquial). Originally: an uprising, an insurrection; a disturbance directed against authority. Now more usually: a disorderly dispute or quarrel; a row.In early use frequently spec.: the Irish Rebellion of 1798.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > dissent > lack of peacefulness > [noun] > a disturbance caused by dissension
tirpeilc1330
to-doc1330
affraya1393
frayc1420
tuilyiea1500
fraction1502
broil1525
ruffle1534
hurly-burly1548
embroilment1609
roil1690
fracas1727
row1746
the devil among the tailors1756
noration1773
splorea1791
kick-upa1793
rumption1802
ruction1809
squall1813
tulyie-mulyie1827
shindy1829
shine1832
donnybrook1852
shiveau1862
roughhouse1882
ruckus1885
shemozzle1885
turn-up1891
rookus1892
funk1900
incident1913
potin1922
shivoo1924
furore1946
shindig1961
society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > disorder or riot > [noun] > a disturbance or riot
stormOE
disturbance1297
disturblancec1330
riota1393
disturbation1529
ruffle1534
upstir1549
tumult1560
embroilment1609
hubbuba1625
embroil1636
ruction1809
uproaring1827
1809 M. Edgeworth Tales Fashionable Life I. xii. 263 All the ill-will you got in the county the time of the last 'ruction.
1818 Lady Morgan Florence Macarthy IV. vi. 254 You may sind me back to Botany now, if you plaze, Mr. Crawley, for another ruction at Ballydab.
1831 S. Lover Legends & Stories Ireland 148 It was in the time of the 'ruction [sc. the 1798 rebellion].
1886 Sat. Rev. 22 May 695/1 The ruction has been hardly in the fearless old Hibernian manner.
1890 Spectator 27 Dec. 933/1 Whisky which produces motiveless ructions at fairs and social gatherings.
1905 H. A. Vachell Hill v. 117 I say, there's going to be a ruction in front of the Pavvy. Come on!
1943 Sun (Baltimore) 17 Nov. 14/1 As a result of this little ruction, Baltimore is freed..from the grip of a political coalition which boded no good for the city.
1998 A. Warner Sopranos 55 There'd been the usual rows and ructions of any bus trip..about what musical cassettes were going to be played en route.
2. In plural. British colloquial. Unpleasant or angry reactions to an event; protests; complaints.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > anger > manifestation of anger > [noun] > fit(s) or outburst(s) of anger
wratha1200
wrethea1400
hatelc1400
angerc1425
braida1450
fumea1529
passion1530
fustian fume1553
ruff1567
pelt1573
spleen1590
blaze1597
huff1599
blustera1616
dog-flawa1625
overboiling1767
explosion1769
squall1807
blowout1825
flare-up1837
fit1841
bust-up1842
wax1854
Scot1859
pelter1861
ructions1862
performance1864
outfling1865
rise1877
detonation1878
flare-out1879
bait1882
paddy1894
paddywhack1899
wingding1927
wing-dinger1933
eppie1987
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > commotion, disturbance, or disorder > [noun] > instance of
viretotec1386
moving?a1439
reela1450
stir1487
songa1500
pirrie1536
hurly-burly1548
make-a-do1575
confusions1599
the hunt is upa1625
ruffle1642
fuss1701
fraction1721
fizza1734
dust1753
noration1773
steeriea1776
splorea1791
rook1808
piece of work1810
curfuffle1813
squall1813
rookerya1820
stushie1824
shindy1829
shine1832
hurroosh1836
fustle1839
upsetting1847
shinty1848
ructions1862
vex1862
houp-la1870
set-out1875
hoodoo1876
tingle-tangle1880
shemozzle1885
take-on1893
dust-up1897
hoo-ha1931
tra-la-la1933
gefuffle1943
tzimmes1945
kerfuffle1946
1862 Illustr. Dublin Jrnl. 15 Mar. 446/1 For the love of God, don't say I'm here, or there'll be ructions till Michaelmas!
1917 A. R. Wonham Spun Yarns of Naval Officer 180 I quite understood that she would be on the mud for an hour or two, and that there would be ructions when Mr. Scott got back.
1969 A. Bennett Forty Years On i. 31 If I have another muff out of you there'll be ructions.
1975 Countryman Autumn 79 If the hens were off-lay, so that food in the house was short, there were ructions.
1988 W. Russell Shirley Valentine i. i, in Shirley Valentine & One for the Road (1993) 2 If the plate isn't landin' on the table just as his foot is landin' on the mat, there's ructions.
2010 Evening Standard (Nexis) 1 July Mr Johnson caused ructions two years ago with his call for a four-runway 24-hour airport on an artificial island off Sheppey in Kent.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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